Enforcement of international decisions in the field of transitional justice in brazil

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12662/2447-6641oj.v18i28.p94-114.2020

Keywords:

International decision, Transitional Justice, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Guerrilha do Araguaia Case, Herzog Case

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze the enforcement of international human rights judgments in the Brazilian legal system, focusing on the convictions imposed by the Brazilian State on transitional justice by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The issue is urgent, because the non-compliance with an international decision results in a new international illicit which is liable to a new accountability. The article is divided into three parts. Firstly, an analysis is made on international decisions and its characteristics. Secondly, the section overviews
the institutional difficulties regarding enforcement of international human rights judgments in Brazil. The third part will analyze the determinations in the Gomes Lund (Guerrilha do Araguaia) Case, 2010 and the Herzog Case, on March 2018. The conclusion will reflect on the inadequacies of the legislative proposals in the Brazilian National Congress concerning this theme. The deductive-comparative method was used, based on indirect bibliographic and documentary sources.

Author Biography

Nevitton Vieira Souza, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo

Doutorando em Direito Internacional e Comparado pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo, USP (2018). Mestre em Direito Processual pela Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, UFES (2015), onde graduou-se em 2013. Professor do Departamento de Direito da UFES (2015-2017). Membro do Núcleo de Estudos em Tribunais Internacionais, NETI-USP. Advogado e consultor jurídico. Nevitton@usp.br.

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2020-05-11

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SOUZA, Nevitton Vieira. Enforcement of international decisions in the field of transitional justice in brazil. Revista Opinião Jurídica (Fortaleza), Fortaleza, v. 18, n. 28, p. 94–114, 2020. DOI: 10.12662/2447-6641oj.v18i28.p94-114.2020. Disponível em: https://periodicos.unichristus.edu.br/opiniaojuridica/article/view/2574. Acesso em: 11 sep. 2026.

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Vol. 18 No. 28 (2020)

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